...first: "First, they should begin with the chief and necessary rules of some good grammar . . . and . . . their speech is to be fashioned to a distinct and...may be to the Italian, especially in the vowels." He is speaking, of course, of Latin grammar. He proceeds with a lengthy list of readings in Greek and...

...• andjheir diet. For their studies: First, they should begin with the chief and necessary rules of some good Grammar, either that now used, or any better; and, while this is doTng, their speech is to be fashioned to a distinct and clear pronunciation^ as near as may be to...

...simultaneously with reading. Milton appears to leave room for neither. He says of his pupils, to be sure, "their speech is to be fashioned to a distinct and clear pronunciation — especially in the vowels," and this in their early studies. But, "forcing the empty wits of children...

...simultaneously with reading. Milton appears to leave room for neither. He says of his pupils, to be sure, "their speech is to be fashioned to a distinct and clear pronunciation — especially in the vowels," and this in their early studies. But, "forcing the empty wits of children...

...they should begin with the chief and necessary rules of some good grammar, either that they LOW use, or any better; and, while this is doing, their speech is to be fashioned after a clear and distinct pronunciation, as near as may be to the Italian, especially in vowels: Next,...

...Tractate of Education; He says, that the speech of the scholar 'should be fashioned to a distinct : clear pronunciation, as near as may be to the Italian,...especially in the ; vowels. For we Englishmen, being northerly, do not open our mouths t in the cold air wide enough to grace a Southern tongue ; but are...

...First they should begin with the chief and necessary rules of some good Grammar, either that now us'd, or any better: and while this is doing, their speech is to be fashion'd to a distinct and cleer pronuntiation, as neer as may be to the Italian, especially in the...

...First they should begin with the chief and necessary rules of some good Grammar, either that now us'd, or any better : and while this is doing, their speech is to be fashion'd to a distinct and clear pronuntiation, as near as may be to the Italian, especially in the...

...scholars. This became so marked that, in 1644, Milton directed that boys should be taught " to fashion a distinct and clear pronunciation, as near as may be to the Italians, especially in the vowels." " To smatter Latin with an English mouth is as ill a hearing as...

...that the speech of his ideal students should be ' fashion'd to a distinct and clear pronuntiation, as near as may be to the Italian, especially in the Vowels', he would have 'some easie and delightful Book of Education' read to them, such as ' Cebes, Plutarch,...